Governors Ball 2015 Sets Summed Up in Three Words or Fewer

June 8, 2015

J. Roddy Walston & the Business at Governors Ball 2015Jason Speakman for the Village Voice

Sometimes, a band elicits such a strong emotional response following their performance at a music festival that it’s difficult to put into words. We totally get it: After your brain’s been massaged until it’s a radioactive pile of goo thanks to Deadmau5’s thunder-bass or your heart breaks from listening to Sharon Van Etten‘s brutally honest balladry or your body can’t take it anymore because you stupidly tried to out-dance Sam from Future Islands, it can be difficult to form a sentence beyond “GOOD” or “BAD” or “NO” when the artists walk offstage and the house music comes on over the speakers.

That’s why we opted to try something different this year. After a number of Governors Ball sets, we approached people who looked like they were having a great time at the festival to get their thoughts on these bands in action at Randalls Island Park. We asked them if they could sum up what they just saw and listened to in three or fewer words. This is what the people of Gov Ball had to say about its 2015 lineup.

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Rae Sremmurd at Governors Ball 2015Jason Speakman for the Village Voice